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This might do better moved to glass. The use of Shagreen and butterfly wings would place this into the 1890-1930s period, unlikely you will get a maker but getting an ID on the ship will be significant at least for possible country of origin.

You might need to post on a 'ship' forum if no-one here can ID it. These forums can be as hot as the GMB lots of ship lovers out there.

Ooops British flag, can you get a closer pic of the flag on centre mast. Or describe it.

I've tried to get a close-up of the flag on the centre mast but it won't come out well. It looks pink or pale red with two feint vertical lines to the left and a black dot in the middle. Doesn't seem to have any further detail than that.

At first sight, one might think it was HMS Victory - it is certainly very similar in design - three tiers of cannon, same number of gun ports. The stern flag is the Blue Ensign, which prior to 1864 indicated the Royal Navy Blue Squadron (rather than Merchant Navy) - but I think the flag referred to the officer in command, rather than the vessel....

Alan

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